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What is Filed?
Filed is a capture tool for Notion users. You're browsing the web, you find an article worth reading, a profile worth remembering, a video you want to reference later. Filed sends it to the right Notion database, with the right properties already filled in, in under two seconds.
It is not a bookmarking app. It is not a read-later tool. It is a structured capture layer on top of your existing Notion workspace.
What makes it different:
- Content goes directly from your browser to the Notion API. It never touches Filed's servers.
- A structured Captures database is created in your workspace during setup. No template duplicating, no column editing.
- Workflows define where captures go and how they're structured: configure once, applied automatically.
- Two surfaces with distinct roles: the toolbar for instant saves, the side panel for review before saving.
Two surfaces
Filed has two distinct surfaces. Understanding which to use is the key to using it well.
Toolbar, fire immediately. A floating pill injected at the bottom of every web page. Every action saves instantly. No form, no confirmation. The orb tells you when it's done. Click the Filed icon in the Chrome toolbar to open it.
Side panel, review before saving. A full Chrome side panel. Compose content blocks, edit properties, pick a workflow, add a note. Nothing saves until you click Save. Open from the toolbar's Advanced button.
Requirements
- Google Chrome (version 114 or later) or any Chromium-based browser (Brave, Arc, Edge, Opera, Vivaldi)
- A Notion account, free or paid
- A Notion workspace where you have full access (Owner or Member)
iOS is not currently supported. Filed works on Chrome, Firefox, and all Chromium-based browsers. An Android mobile app is available at app.usefiled.app. See Filed on Android for setup instructions.
Installation
- Open the Chrome Web Store listing for Filed for Notion (link placeholder)
- Click Add to Chrome
- Confirm the permissions dialog: Filed requests access to read the current tab and communicate with the Notion API
- The Filed icon appears in your Chrome toolbar (pin it for easy access)
🎬 [GIF: What to show: Chrome Web Store → Add to Chrome → permission dialog → icon appears in toolbar]
Permissions Filed requests and why:
| Permission | Why |
|---|---|
| activeTab | Read the current page's title, URL, and selected text when you trigger a capture |
| storage | Save your settings, workflows, and capture history locally on your device |
| alarms | Retry failed captures in the background when you're back online |
| contextMenus | Add "Save quote" and "Save image" options to the right-click menu |
| scripting | Inject the toolbar and selection overlays into pages |
| debugger | Generate PDFs using Chrome's print engine |
| https://api.notion.com/* | Send captures directly to the Notion API |
| https://api.usefiled.app/* | Connect to Filed's backend for authentication and plan status |
Connecting to Notion
After installation, click the Filed icon in your Chrome toolbar to open the onboarding flow. You'll be prompted to connect your Notion workspace.
- Click Connect to Notion
- A Notion authorization window opens in a new tab
- Select the workspace you want to use
- Click Allow access
- The tab closes automatically and Filed confirms the connection
What Filed can access: Filed can create pages, read database schemas (to show you property options), and append content to pages you save to. It cannot read the content of your existing Notion pages or databases.
First-run onboarding
The first time you connect, Filed runs a short setup flow:
- Appearance: choose Dark, Light, or System theme. Pick an accent color: this styles formula column labels in your Notion databases.
- Language: English or French. Filed detects your browser language and pre-selects it.
- Connect to Notion: authorize Filed to access your workspace.
- Setup: Filed creates a Captures database in your Notion workspace with properties and views already configured.
Captures properties: Name, URL, Date added, Type, Note, Tags. Default views: All · By Type · Articles · This Week · By Tag.
📸 [Image: What to show: the Captures database in Notion, showing its property columns and the pre-built views]
Note on view configuration: Views are created with the correct layout but filters and grouping must be configured manually in Notion. The "By Type" board view and the "Articles" filtered view require this step.